Why is the number of issued Bitcoins limited to 21 million? How do people know that the last one will be mined in 2140?
https://www.quora.com/Why-is-the-number-of-issued-Bitcoins-limited-to-21-million-How-do-people-know-that-the-last-one-will-be-mined-in-2140/answer/Tristan-Johns?srid=C9vu
They rolled a very large dice to come up with that number!
That's cryptographers for you! xD
Great post!
Thank you, sir.